Thursday, February 24, 2011
LE MONDE: Alors que le mouvement de contestation se rapproche de Tripoli, Mouammar Kadhafi a fait son deuxième discours depuis le début de la révolte par téléphone, sans apparaître à l'écran, pour tenter de discréditer le mouvement."Ils ont 17 ans. On leur donne des pilules la nuit, on leur met des substances hallucinogènes dans leurs boissons, leur lait, leur café, leur Nescafé", a affirmé Mouammar Kadhafi, qui a perdu le contrôle d'une grande partie de son pays. Assurant que le mouvement était dû à une manipulation extérieure, le dirigeant libyen a invité la population à ne pas se laisser influencer par Al-Qaida. "Ben Laden […], voilà l'ennemi qui manipule le peuple", a lancé Mouammar Kadhafi.
"Aucune personne saine" ne devrait rejoindre les rangs de la révolte, a-t-il dit, en invitant la population à désarmer les contestataires. Le dirigeant a présenté ses condoléances aux victimes des affrontements et il a appelé au calme les personnes qui, selon lui, se battent entre elles. >>> LEMONDE.FR avec AFP et Reuters | Jeudi 24 Février 2011
WIKI: Crown Prince Sayyid Muhammad ar-Rida bin Sayyid Hasan ar-Rida al-Mahdi al-Senussi >>>
WIKI: Idris of Libya: >>>
FRANKFURTER ALLGEMEINE ZEITUNG: Der Osten Libyens, das Zentrum des Widerstandes gegen Gaddafi, ist auch eine Hochburg der Islamisten. Al Qaida stellt sich nun hinter die [hinter die] Gegner Gaddafis - und weil es in Libyen keine Demokratiebewegung gibt wie in Ägypten, hat ihre Propaganda gute Erfolgsaussichten.
Al Qaida sei schuld am Aufstand, hat der libysche Diktator Gaddafi nun während eines dritten Fernsehauftritts behauptet. Die maghrebinische Filiale der Terrororganisation hatte ihrerseits zuvor verkündet, sie wolle in Libyen die „Revolution unseres Volkes“ unterstützen. Die Propagandaabteilung der „Al Qaida im Islamischen Maghreb“ hat sich in einer im Internet verbreiteten Erklärung hinter die libyschen Gegner Gaddafis gestellt – und sich die Befreiung der „Enkel von Omar Muchtar“ auf die Fahnen geschrieben.
So versuchen die Dschihadisten, mit dem Hinweis auf den berühmten libyschen Unabhängigkeitskämpfer auf die Befreiungsbewegung aufzuspringen. Zwar ist der Osten Libyens, das Zentrum des Widerstandes gegen Gaddafi, auch eine Hochburg der Islamisten. Auch die mit Al Qaida verbündete radikale Islamistengruppe „Libyan Islamic Fighting Group“ hat dort ihre Basis. Doch nach den Berichten aus der Region wird in befreiten Orten eher die Fahne der alten Senussi-Monarchie gehisst als die eines islamistischen Emirats. >>> Von Christoph Ehrhardt | Donnerstag, 24. Februar 2011
FRANKFURTER ALLGEMEINE ZEITUNG: Angesichts der Eskalation in Libyen friert die Schweiz das Vermögen des libyschen Staatschefs Muammar al Gaddafi ein. Die Vereinigten Staaten wollen Libyen aus dem UN-Menschenrechtsrat ausschließen. Gaddafi hat Usama Bin Ladin für die Rebellion in seinem Land verantwortlich gemacht.
Der libysche Staatschef Gaddafi hat Al-Qaida-Führer Usama Bin Ladin für die Rebellion in seinem Land verantwortlich gemacht. Im Staatsfernsehen sagte Gaddafi am Donnerstag, die Aufständischen seien Jugendliche, die unter dem Einfluss von Rauschgift und Al Qaida stünden. Derweil griffen Getreue des Machthabers mit großer Brutalität Regimegegner an, die mehrere Städte im Osten kontrollieren. Nach Augenzeugenberichten gab es dabei Dutzende Tote. Das Regime drohte unterdessen den ausländischen Journalisten, die sich ohne Genehmigung im Land aufhalten. Diese würden wie Spione oder Al-Qaida-Terroristen behandelt, die libysche Regierung könne für ihre Sicherheit nicht garantieren, hieß es.
Die Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika wollen eine Initiative der Europäischen Union unterstützen, Libyen aus dem UN-Menschenrechtsrat auszuschließen. Das erfuhr die Nachrichtenagentur AP am Donnerstag aus US-Regierungskreisen in Washington. Außenministerin Hillary Clinton werde sich bei ihrem Besuch beim Menschenrechtsrat kommende Woche in Genf um die Einzelheiten kümmern. Angesichts der Eskalation in Libyen friert die Regierung der Schweiz das Vermögen des libyschen Staatschefs Muammar al Gaddafi in der Schweiz ein. >>> FAZ.NET/F.A.Z./cheh./rüb. | Donnerstag, 24. Februar 2011
THE GUARDIAN: Watch amateur footage of the Libyan revolution posted on YouTube with audio commentary from the Guardian's Martin Chulov in Libya's second city, Benghazi
THE GUARDIAN: Libya rebels isolate Gaddafi, seizing cities and oilfields: • Gaddafi's rule confined to Tripoli and outposts • Libyan leader makes another rambling broadcast • Committees of lawyers and doctors take charge in Benghazi >>> Martin Chulov in Benghazi | Thursday, February 24, 2011
THE MALTA INDEPENDENT ONLINE: The Libyan aircraft which was circling above Malta yesterday afternoon was denied permission to land because the government was not willing to risk the arrival of an “undesirable” in Malta, an official government spokesperson told The Malta Independent yesterday.
Italian news agency ANSA reported that, among the 14 passengers aboard the aircraft, there may have been Muammar Gaddafi’s daughter, Aisha, or one of his wives. However, “we do not know”, the spokesperson said.
The fact is that the aircraft flew to Malta unexpectedly and requested landing permission. However, the lack of a passenger manifest and the fact that the aircraft had no landing permission meant the government was not willing to take the risk.
The Libyan Arab Airlines aircraft made a request to land to the Maltese Air Traffic Control, but this was denied. It spent a while circling over the south of Malta while the decision was reconsidered, but was eventually refused permission to land and had to turn back to Tripoli. [Source: The Malta Independent Online] Chiara Bonello | Thursday, February 24, 2011
The Malta Independent Online >>>
TELEGRAPH – BLOGS – NILE GARDINER: What is the White House’s strategy on the Libyan crisis? Quite simply there isn’t one. As Alex Spillius noted in his post yesterday, the US government has been remarkably meek on Libya. Like the EU, the Obama administration is stuck in classic deer in the headlights mode, offering little more than mealy-mouthed statements condemning the state-sponsored violence against anti-government protesters on the streets of Tripoli, Benghazi, Tobruk and other key Libyan cities, which has already claimed at least 1,000 lives.
Both Barack Obama’s and Hillary Clinton’s remarks today on Libya were distinctly underwhelming and non-confrontational, offering little beyond a carefully worded expression of outrage, except for a pledge to hold yet more meetings with the international community to discuss the Libyan situation. And both failed to even mention the man behind the reign of terror sweeping the country – “Mad Dog” Gaddafi, a ruthless dictator with Libyan, American and British blood on his hands. Read on and comment >>> Nile Gardiner | Wednesday, February 23, 2011
My comment:
Barack Hussein Obama's response, or lack of it, is really quite shameful. The man has shown the world that he is what he always was: An empty suit full of hot air! – © Mark
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AL JAZEERA ENGLISH: Read article >>> Al Jazeera and agencies | Thursday, February 24, 2011
REUTERS: Gun battles rage as rebels seize Libyan towns Forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi launched a fierce counter-attack on Thursday, fighting gun battles with rebels who have threatened the Libyan leader by seizing important towns close to the capital. >>> Alexander Dziadosz | Thursday, February 24, 2011
SKY NEWS: Colonel Muammar Gaddafi has spoken on state television, blaming the unrest on a "bunch of youths" fuelled by drugs in their coffee.
SKY NEWS: The statement, which he made over the phone to a television presenter in the town of Zawiya, marks the third time Gaddafi has spoken out since uprisings began. >>> | Thursday, February 24, 2011
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: Col Gaddafi compared himself to the Queen on Thursday, saying he would "rule for 57 years" and blamed al-Qaeda for the protests against him in his latest outburst.The embattled dictator said he was like the Queen, who he says has not been overthrown for 57 years.
"You need to listen to your parents. If people disobey their parents they end up destroying the country, he said. "The same case as in Britain (where) for 57 years the Queen has been ruling. I have been in the same situation.
"I am not in the same position to be able to impose rule on the people. I have become more of a symbolic leader. I have no power, it's the people themselves who have the prerogative."
Gaddafi, speaking by telephone to Libyan television, offered his condolences for those who were killed in the bloodshed and called for calm amongst people he said were fighting amongst themselves and taking hallucinogenic drugs. Saying Osama bin Laden was "the real criminal", Gaddafi urged Libyans not be swayed by the al Qaeda leader.
"Bin Laden ... this is the enemy who is manipulating people," Gaddafi said, adding: "Do not be swayed by bin Laden." >>> | Thursday, February 24, 2011
One can be sure that Her Majesty must be feeling very flattered and highly amused to be compared with Colonel Qadhafi! This news must have made her day! – © Mark
THE INDEPENDENT: Army units and militiamen loyal to Muammar Gaddafi struck back against protesters who have risen up in cities close to the capital today, attacking a mosque where many had taken refuge and blasting its minaret and opening fire on others protecting a local airport.
The assaults aimed to push back a rebellion that has moved closer to Gaddafi's bastion in the capital, Tripoli. The revolt has already broken away nearly the eastern half of Libya and unravelled parts of Gaddafi's regime.
In the latest blow to the Libyan leader, a cousin who is one of his closest aides, Ahmed Gaddaf al-Dam, announced that he has defected to Egypt in protest against the regime's bloody crackdown against the uprising, denouncing what he called "grave violations to human rights and human and international laws." (+ video of Gaddafi’s daughter, Dr. Ayesha Gaddafi, making a statement) >>> AP | Thursday, February 24, 2011
SKY NEWS: Read on >>> Steph Oliver, Sky News Online | Thursday, February 24, 2011
THE GUARDIAN: Martin Chulov describes to Matt Wells the scene in Benghazi, Libya's second city, where protesters have overthrown forces loyal to the regime of Muammar Gaddafi and are establishing law and order
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange should be extradited to Sweden for alleged sex offences, a judge has ruled.District Judge Howard Riddle rejected the defence's claims that their client could not get a fair trial because of media coverage and even comments by the country's Prime Minister in Parliament.
The 39-year-old Australian faces three charges of sexually assaulting one woman and one charge of raping another during a week-long visit to Stockholm in August. >>> | Thursday, February 24, 2011
THE GUARDIAN: WikiLeaks founder handed verdict at Belmarsh magistrates court
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is to be extradited to Sweden to face allegations of rape and sexual assault. Assange will appeal, his legal team confirmed. If this is unsuccessful, he will be extradited to Sweden in 10 days.
Delivering his ruling at a hearing at Belmarsh magistrates court in London, the chief magistrate Howard Riddle systematically dismissed each of the defence's arguments against Assange's extradition.
Assange's legal team had disputed that Swedish prosecutor, Marianne Ny, had the authority to issue a European arrest warrant, but the judge ruled that she did possess this authority and the warrant issued was valid. >>> Esther Addley and Alexandra Topping | Thursday, February 24, 2011
THE GUARDIAN: Julian Assange extradition decision: full judgment – Read the judgment ordering the Wikileaks founder to be extradited to Sweden to face allegations of rape and sexual assault >>> | Thursday, February 24, 2011
THE GUARDIAN – BLOG: Follow reactions to the ruling on The Guardian’s live blog >>>
LE FIGARO: N'Djamena aurait envoyé des troupes pour soutenir le «guide» libyen, qui recruterait également des groupes armés soudanais.
Le Tchad aurait envoyé des soldats au secours du colonel Kadhafi. C'est ce qu'affirme le site Tchadactuel, habituellement bien renseigné grâce à des sources proches du palais présidentiel de N'Djamena. Selon ce site, le président Idriss Déby lui-même aurait ordonné ce déploiement. Des habitants de Benghazi confirment l'arrivée de ces troupes. >>> Par Pierre Prier | Jeudi 24 Février 2011
WELT ONLINE – AUSZÜGE: Libyens Ex- Justizminister al-Jeleil rechnet mit einem baldigen Gaddafi-Selbstmord und erhebt schwere Vorwürfe: Den Lockerbie-Anschlag 1988 habe der Staatschef persönlich befohlen.…
Gaddafis Tage in Libyen seien gezählt, sagt al-Jeleil. "Er wird es wie Hitler machen und sich das Leben nehmen.“ Al-Jeleil bestätigte, dass Gaddafi ausländische Söldner zur Bekämpfung des Volksaufstandes in seinem Land einsetzt: „Ich weiß davon, dass das Regime schon lange vorher diese Söldner angeheuert hat. Bei mehreren Kabinettssitzungen wurde beschlossen, diesen Leuten aus dem Tschad und Niger die libysche Staatsbürgerschaft zuzuerkennen." Er selbst habe dagegen protestiert und verlangt, stattdessen den Kinder von Libyerinnen mit ausländischen Ehemännern die Staatsbürgerschaft zu geben, sagte Al-Jeleil.
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Alles lesen und einen Kommentar schreiben >>> dpa/ks | Donnerstag, 24. Februar 2011
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: Libya protests: Gaddafi will die like Hitler, says ex-Libyan minister – One of Muammar Gaddafi's former ministers has predicted that the Libyan leader will follow in Adolph Hitler's footsteps by committing suicide, rather than give up power. >>> | Thursday, February 24, 2011
THE NEW YORK TIMES: MANAMA, Bahrain — The popular revolts shaking the Arab world have begun to shift the balance of power in the region, bolstering Iran’s position while weakening and unnerving its rival, Saudi Arabia, regional experts said.While it is far too soon to write the final chapter on the uprisings’ impact, Iran has already benefited from the ouster or undermining of Arab leaders who were its strong adversaries and has begun to project its growing influence, the analysts said. This week Iran sent two warships through the Suez Canal for the first time since its revolution in 1979, and Egypt’s new military leaders allowed them to pass.
Saudi Arabia, an American ally and a Sunni nation that jousts with Shiite Iran for regional influence, has been shaken. King Abdullah on Wednesday signaled his concern by announcing a $10 billion increase in welfare spending to help young people marry, buy homes and open businesses, a gesture seen as trying to head off the kind of unrest that fueled protests around the region.
King Abdullah then met with the king of Bahrain, Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa, to discuss ways to contain the political uprising by the Shiite majority there. The Sunni leaders in Saudi Arabia and Bahrain accuse their Shiite populations of loyalty to Iran, a charge rejected by Shiites who say it is intended to stoke sectarian tensions and justify opposition to democracy.
The uprisings are driven by domestic concerns. But they have already shredded a regional paradigm in which a trio of states aligned with the West supported engaging Israel and containing Israel’s enemies, including Hamas and Hezbollah, experts said. The pro-engagement camp of Egypt, Jordan and Saudi Arabia is now in tatters. Hosni Mubarak of Egypt has been forced to resign, King Abdullah of Jordan is struggling to control discontent in his kingdom and Saudi Arabia has been left alone to face a rising challenge to its regional role.
“I think the Saudis are worried that they’re encircled — Iraq, Syria, Lebanon; Yemen is unstable; Bahrain is very uncertain,” said Alireza Nader, an expert in international affairs with the RAND Corporation. “They worry that the region is ripe for Iranian exploitation. Iran has shown that it is very capable of taking advantage of regional instability.”
“Iran is the big winner here,” said a regional adviser to the United States government who spoke on the condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to reporters. >>> Michael Slackman | Wednesday, February 23, 2011
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL: Forces loyal to strongman Col. Moammar Gadhafi imposed rough order in Libya's increasingly fearful capital Wednesday, witnesses said, that stood in sharp contrast to rebel gains in much of the oil-rich country.Gunshots echoed through the night in Tripoli as Col. Gadhafi clung to power even as the international community discussed ways to isolate him with sanctions. More territory slipped from his control, and rebels began to set up rudimentary governments in outlying areas under their sway. "No-one should count him out, but momentum isn't going his way," a U.S. official said.
The chaos that has consumed Libya since protesters last week began pushing for Col. Gadhafi's ouster has spawned an array of security concerns—over oil supplies, the safety of tens of thousands of foreign workers there and the risks posed by the weapons in Col. Gadhafi's remaining arsenal.
Oil prices surged over fears about the security of supplies from Libya, a major oil producer. Prices for light, sweet crude for April delivery—the main U.S. oil contract—at one point in the trading day hit $100 a barrel for the first time in more than two years.
The U.S., China, Turkey and several European nations struggled to bring home citizens stranded in Libya, where an estimated 100,000 foreigners work in industries including oil and construction. Airplanes sent from France and the Netherlands circled Tripoli's airport but had no clearance to land and turned back.
Fears also arose in Washington that Libya's regime hasn't destroyed significant stockpiles of mustard gas and other chemical-weapons agents. Tripoli also has stocks of aging Scud B missiles. Read on and comment >>> Angus McDowall in Dubai, Margaret Coker in Cairo and Charles Levinson in Baida, Libya | Thursday, February 24, 2011
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL: WASHINGTON—The government of Col. Moammar Gadhafi hasn't destroyed significant stockpiles of mustard gas and other chemical-weapons agents, raising fears in Washington about what could happen to them—and whether they may be used—as Libya slides further into chaos.
Tripoli also maintains control of aging Scud B missiles, U.S. officials said, as well as 1,000 metric tons of uranium yellowcake and vast amounts of conventional weapons that Col. Gadhafi has channeled in the past to militants operating in countries like Sudan and Chad.
Current and former U.S. officials said in interviews that Washington's counterproliferation operations against Libya over the past decade have scored gains, in particular the dismantling of Tripoli's nascent nuclear-weapons program and its Scud C missile stockpiles. But the level of instability in Libya, and Col. Gadhafi's history of brutality, continues to make the U.S. focus on the arms and chemical agents that remain, they said.
"When you have a guy who's as irrational as Gadhafi with some serious weapons at his disposal, it's always a concern," said a U.S. official. "But we haven't yet seen him move to use any kind of mustard gas or chemical weapon" during the unrest. >>> Jay Solomon | Thursday, February 24, 2011
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL: RIYADH—Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah returned to the kingdom Wednesday after a three-month absence for medical treatment and introduced a number of nonpolitical reforms amid regional uprisings that have toppled regimes in Tunisia and Egypt and infected neighboring Bahrain.
The social and economic overhaul, estimated to cost around 135 billion Saudi riyals ($36 billion), include housing support, funding to offset inflation and guarantee of payment for students overseas, according to a series of royal decrees published on the official Saudi Press Agency, or SPA. They come as political upheaval continues to sweep the Arab world.
"The measures are paying particular attention to housing, unemployment, education and helping the brunt of Saudis who work for the public sector be better protected from cost of living pressures. The unemployment benefits are the first of its kind in Saudi Arabia," said John Sfakianakis, chief economist at Banque Saudi Fransi. "The message from King Abdullah is that he's aware of the challenges facing the economy and steps are taken to address immediate and more medium-term issues." >>> Summer Said | Thursday, February 24, 2011
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: President Barack Obama has decided that his administration will no longer defend a law defining marriage only as between a man and a woman.In the wake of two lawsuits challenging the 1996 Defence of Marriage Act, Mr Obama made a major reversal in policy and concluded the law was "unconstitutional", said Eric Holder, the Attorney General.
Mr Holder added that "the legal landscape has changed in the 15 years", noting that the US Supreme Court had ruled that "laws criminalising homosexual conduct are unconstitutional".
The Justice Department had defended the act in court until now but said it changed its mind after examining the law and the debate that accompanied its passage in Congress.
During his campaign Mr Obama said he was opposed to gay marriage on religious grounds but supported civil unions. More recently he has said that his attitude was "evolving" while a spokesman said today he was still "grappling" with the issue.
Mr Obama's move positions him in line with rising public support for gay marriage. Polling results can vary rather significantly depending on what words are used to describe gay marriage, but there is a gradual trend in public opinion toward more acceptance. >>> Alex Spillius, Washington | Wednesday, February 23, 2011
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: Chancellor Angela Merkel's defence minister was stripped of his doctorate on Wednesday by the German university that awarded the title, after he admitted to flaws in a thesis that is the focus of a plagiarism row.Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg apologised "from the bottom of my heart" to parliament earlier on Wednesday for errors he blamed on a busy workload.
But he said he would not resign over the allegations and rejected accusations of plagiarism, insisting he had not deliberately deceived anyone. >>> | Thursday, February 24, 2011
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AL JAZEERA ENGLISH: Muammar Gaddafi, the Libyan leader, is struggling to maintain his authority in the country, as vast swathes of territory in the east now appear to be under the control of pro-democracy protesters. >>>
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
LE POINT: REGARDEZ - La première interview de Muammar Kadhafi, il y a 41 ans. – Le leader libyen, alors novice, n'aimait visiblement ni les journalistes ni la caméra. >>> Le Point.fr | Par MARC DE BONI | Mercredi 23 Février 2011
THE GUARDIAN: The first foreign journalist to reach Benghazi sees how Muammar Gaddafi's bid to cling to power has failedAt the heart of the city where he launched his rise to power, Muammar Gaddafi's indignity is now complete. In little more than three days of rampage, the rebels in Libya's second city have done their best to wind the clock back 42 years – to life before the dictator they loathe.
Benghazi has fallen and Gaddafi's bid to cling on to power, whatever the cost, has crumbled with it. There is barely a trace of him now, except for obscene graffiti that mocks him on the dust-strewn walls where his portraits used to hang.
Residents who would not have dared to approach the town's main military base without an invitation were doing victory laps around it in their cars. Every barrack block inside had been torched and looted. The stage where Gaddafi would address the masses on the rare occasions that he came here had collapsed. His house across the road had been ransacked and there wasn't a loyalist soldier inside.
"He is gone. A dragon has been slain," cried Ahmed Al-Fatuuir outside the secret police headquarters. "Now he has to explain where all the bodies are."
The Middle East's longest ruling autocrat seems disinclined to do that, or to go quietly. His rambling speech on Tuesday night, in which he vowed to die in his homeland as a "martyr", has convinced many in Benghazi that although they may have ousted their foe from eastern Libya, they have not seen the last of the bloodshed. >>> Martin Chulov in Benghazi | Wednesday, February 23, 2011
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: Forces loyal to Col Muammar Gaddafi made good on threats to trigger a civil war in Libya on Wednesday night, by taking up positions across the capital, Tripoli and launching a rearguard fight against rebels in major cities.
Residents of parts of the capital were trapped in their homes as "thousands" of soldiers patrolled the streets accompanied by African mercenaries.
Tanks took up positions around public buildings including government offices, while sandbag defences were also being built.
"We will fight until death," a pro-Gaddafi soldier in his early 20s said outside a military compound close to Tripoli's Green Square, which had been cleared of demonstrators by yesterday morning.
"The country needs stability at a time like this, and this is what we are providing. The people are on our side."
Residents said bodies were still piling up in hospitals from the shootings of the previous two days.
"Anywhere we go there is danger," said one woman, a 28-year-old mother of four who asked not to be named. "All we want is food and fresh water for our children but it is impossible to find. Security is the only concern of the authorities."
As ministers, generals and diplomats around the world defected, government spokesmen loyal to Col Gaddafi were trying to rally people to his side. >>> Richard Spencer, Middle East Correspondent | Wednesday, February 23, 2011
NZZ ONLINE: Der Übergang Salum an der libysch-ägyptischen Grenze gleicht einem Wespennest. Am Mittwoch trafen Tausende von ägyptischen Bürgern an dem Grenzposten ein. Zahlreiche unter ihnen hatten in den vergangenen Tagen die brutale Niederschlagung der Revolte aus nächster Nähe erlebt.
Unter den Ankommenden fällt die hohe Anzahl von Familien auf. Fast alle haben viel Waren und Gepäck bei sich. Nach dem Grenzübertritt wollen sie so schnell wie möglich weiter an ihre meist weit entfernten Wohnorte in Ägypten. >>> Kristina Bergmann, Salum | Mittwoch, 23. Februar 2011
DIE PRESSE: Die Universität hat erhebliche wissenschaftliche Mängel bei der Dissertation des deutschen Verteidigungsministers festgestellt: Ihm wird der Doktor aberkannt. Ob Guttenberg bewusst getäuscht hat, blieb offen.Wegen erheblicher wissenschaftlicher Mängel hat die Universität Bayreuth dem deutschen Verteidigungsminister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg (CSU) den Doktortitel aberkannt. Nicht geklärt wurde allerdings die Frage, ob Guttenberg bewusst getäuscht hat, wie Universitäts-Präsident Rüdiger Bormann am Mittwochabend sagte. Die Opposition griff Guttenberg in einer Aktuellen Stunde im Bundestag scharf an und bezeichnete ihn als "Lügner" und "Hochstapler". >>> APA | Mittwoch, 23. Februar 2011
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